Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A beam flashed across the runway only a few metres away from the shuttle 's nose . |
| 2 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to spend a few hours away from the house , ’ Julius suggested , before she had time to stalk off . |
| 4 | ‘ With Pharos , they will be just a few keystrokes away from the information they need to appreciate the detailed impact of community legislation on their businesses . ’ |
| 5 | Visitors to the resorts on the Dalmatian coast do not always realise the poverty and backwardness which lie over the mountains only a few kilometres away from the bright lights of Split , Zadar and Šibenik . |
| 6 | It appears a few lines away from the plagiarised title of the book . |
| 7 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 8 | A few streets away from the English Church , at the corner of Rua Ivens and Rua do Conselheiro beside the municipal gardens , is the Scottish Kirk . |
| 9 | She was only a few feet away from the buffer when a rat darted in front of her , and although she jerked her head back sharply its wet tail brushed against her cheek as it disappeared into a gap between the two lengths of corroded track . |
| 10 | To Joseph 's delight the Resident Superior led his entourage to the very front of the audience chamber and the American boy found himself standing only a few feet away from the throne where the Emperor Khai Dinh , a slender , almost feminine figure , sat swathed in a golden robe of richly embroidered silk . |
| 11 | Susan found it , dented and with loose jewels , a few feet away from the corpse . |
| 12 | I squeezed the plastic bottle and sent a jet of petrol out of it , over the wick of the lighter , held a few centimetres out from the nozzle by an aluminium tent-peg . |
| 13 | Not until we were a few yards away from the perch could we turn , hold our arms out and release the jesses so that the bird could fly the rest of the way . |
| 14 | We are a few yards away from the Palace Pier and in an ideal position for all attractions including the Marina ; Conference Centre and ‘ The Lanes ’ . |
| 15 | Her car was parked a few yards away from the building . |
| 16 | Benjamin was standing a few yards away from the church , the ladder still in his hand . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only a few yards away from the shop , so you could easily keep an eye on both . ’ |
| 18 | The two men stood side by side a few yards in from the edge of the treeline , examining the layout of the ground between them and the house . |
| 19 | Even now a fast ion may be shooting through you that escaped a few days ago from the Jovian magnetosphere . |
| 20 | I 'll ask Daddy to give you a few days off from the office . |
| 21 | Her background was a few rungs up from the Jenkinses and that elementary social fact helped to give her a poise in the face of his ever-increasing sureness . |
| 22 | A highly significant addition during this time was an underwater ridge from the eastern Pacific ; after accretion it pulled apart to form the San Andreas Fault now a few miles inland from the coast . |
| 23 | Funnyman Eddie Large , who lives just a few miles away from The Price Is Right star , said : ‘ We 've been friends for 20 years and he 's one of the nicest men I know . |
| 24 | Stephen is a boy of mixed Jamaican and St Vincentian parentage , born and raised only a few miles away from the white girl who provided the first narrative . |
| 25 | We 're just a few miles away from the Meadowses ’ place , ’ he added , reaching forward to extract a map from the glove compartment , and tossing it on to her lap . |
| 26 | Our cargo of cement was destined for a factory at Tima , a town which lay a few miles back from the riverbank . |
| 27 | First gas started flowing from the field early in November , just a few weeks on from the original target of October . |
| 28 | I parked the car a few doors away from the Newton house , which looked neat enough behind a freshly painted fence , and ran the gauntlet of half a dozen youngsters who were all offering to mind my car . |
| 29 | Now , 18 days after the attacker was put behind bars , he 's been allowed to return home for a visit and he lives just a few doors away from the Strongs . |
| 30 | Seen outside the ‘ homely ’ Bull & Gate pub — just a few doors down from the Town & Country Club where your beloved NME is currently holding its superlative week of talent flaunting — a small sad notice fluttering in the wake of the jostling NICK CAVE-bound hordes , announcing : ‘ HURRAH , onstage tonight at 10.30pm . |